’
‘Yes, I’m sorry about that,’ Gerald uttered in a rueful tone. The ruse succeeded almost beyond his expectation. On his first
entrance, a prisoner, if unable or unwilling to comply with the exactions of the
turnkeys, was thrust into the Condemned Hold with the worst description of
criminals, and terrified by threats into submission. Brown engaged in the
usual browbeating and complaining he reserved for
sections who came in late and soloists who left tempo
behind like the leftovers of a Sunday picnic. ’
‘I’ve a good mind to leave the pair of you to it and take myself off,’ threatened
his junior, marching across the room and snatching up a decanter. They troubled no one, and as long as they did not noise themselves
abroad and make a nuisance of themselves in this Protestant country, no one
troubled them. ’
‘How shocking,’ Gerald returned, grinning. It is enough to make
a man throw away canvas and brushes into the bottomless precipices, enough to
make one weep with despair at his utter and absolute impotence.
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